The costs of competition. FCC Telecommunication Orders of 1997

A Michael Noll

Telecommunications Policy, 1998, vol. 22, issue 1, 47-56

Abstract: This article summarizes and discusses the FCC orders for reforming universal service (FCC Order 97-157) and access charges (FCC Order 97-158) that were issued in May, 1997. Also included in the article is a summary and discussion of FCC Order 97-159 which makes some changes in price cap regulation. The article starts with a short tutorial on access charges. It then summarizes the FCC Orders and analyzes their financial impact. The article concludes with some personal observations on the course, thus far, of telecommunications reform in the United States.

Date: 1998
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